2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 10-14-2008
As the campaign for president enters the final three weeks, Barack Obama seems to have an insurmountable lead over John…
2008 Senate Election Predictions as of 10-10-2008
The democrats appear poised to pick up at least 5 Senate seats currently held by the republicans without losing any.…
Links of Interest 10-9-2008
Interesting links…. Pollster: Campaign ’08 Trends vs ’04 and ’00 Update polling trendlines for the 2008, 2004, and 2000 presidential…
2008 House of Representatives Election Predictions: 10-8-2008
The latest polling on the races in the House of Representatives give the democrats a significant advantage over the republicans.…
Noteworthy News and Links: 10-6-2008
A few interesting news stories from the past few days… New York Times: Economic Unrest Shifts Electoral Battlegrounds with Multimedia…
2008 Senate Election Predictions as of 10-5-2008
The democrats appear poised to pick up at least 5 Senate seats currently held by the republicans without losing any.…
McCain pulling out of Michigan
John McCain’s campaign is pulling resources from Michigan and suspending advertising to focus on more competitive states elsewhere. Obama now…
2008 Electoral Map Predictions: 10-3-2008
32 days until election day Senator Barack Obama appears poised to change the electoral map and has several routes to…
Senate Votes for the Wall Street Rescue Bill
The Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Wall Street rescue bill (or bailout if one prefers). There were 74…
Track the Electoral College Vote Predictions
TheTakeAway.org has created a great way to track and visualize the various electoral vote predictions from around the web, including…
2008 Electoral Map: 9-30-2008
Five weeks until election day and the electoral map provides Senator Barack Obama several routes to 270 electoral vote. The…
Votes Against the Wall Street Bailout Map
10/3 Update: Map of repackaged Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 from The New York Times Details on the Republican and…
Nevada: Where Election Fault Lines Run House by House
The New York Times has another article and map graphic in their Stateside series examining swing states, this time the…
Virginia: In Virginia, Large Voting Blocs for McCain and for Obama
The New York Times has an article and map graphic outlining the challenges and strengths of the McCain and Obama…
Pennsylvania: Rural Swath of Big State Tests Obama
The New York Times examines the challenges facing Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, a state won by both Gore in 2000…
2008 Electoral Map: 9-23-2008
Six weeks until the presidential election and the electoral map tilts back towards Barack Obama after John McCain brief post-convention…
2008 Senate Election Predictions as of 9-20-2008
Current polling for the 2008 Senate elections indicate that the democrats will pick up a few seats in November further…
US Military Presence Worldwide Timeline Map
Mother Jones magazine has created an interactive map showing US troop deployments around the world from 1950 to 2007. The…
Pork per Capita State Map
States receive disproportionate amounts of federal money in the form of congressional earmarks, often referred to as “pork”. The Republican…
John McCain Republican National Convention Speech Map and Tag Cloud
John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention, like Obama’s a week earlier, made several geographic references. For the most…
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Convention Finance Maps: Sponsors of the RNC and the DNC
Convention finance maps from the Washington Post showing both who the sponsors are and where the money came from that…
Map of the Republican National Convention
The Washington Post examines where states are placed on the floor of the Republican National Convention. In Denver, the Democrats…
Digital History: Interactive Timeline Map of US History
Digital History is the University of Houston’s project to use “new technologies to enhance teaching and research”. Their interactive timeline…
John McCain selects Sarah Palin as Running Mate
Senator John McCain has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. With Alaska’s three electoral votes fairly…
Map of the Democratic National Convention
The Washington Post has another interesting info-graphic from their political geography series, this time examining where states are placed on…
Fundrace : Campaign Donors in Your Neighborhood
Fund Race 2008 allows you to view all campaign contributions on a map. Donations of more than $200 include donor’s…
Map the Candidates from Slate.com
August 24, 2008 Update: Map the Candidates.com has launched for the general election. The map of campaign stops since June…
Electoral Map Predictions – August 21st 2008
Barack Obama maintains a slight lead over John McCain in recent predictions FiveThirtyEight.com :Obama 272, McCain 266 Electoral-Vote.com : Obama…
Real Clear Politics Swing State Review: Pennsylvania
The next post in Real Clear Politics series on key swing states examines Pennsylvania, which has voted Democratic since 1992,…
Map Mash Political Maps
MapMash has a collection of political maps using google maps showing current members of congress and the state of the…
Patchwork Nation from the Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation project has grouped every US county into one of eleven community types and is…
Karl Rove and Co.'s Electoral Maps
Karl Rove Electoral Map (11/3/2008) Karl Rove, Bush’s political strategist, has been sharing these hypothetical electoral maps recently that show…
North Carolina Primary Maps – May 6, 2008
North Carolina, like Indiana which also votes May 6th, offers Barack Obama an opportunity to clinch the nomination while also…
Indiana Primary Maps – May 6, 2008
Indiana’s primary on May 6th is a pivotal primary providing Hillary Clinton a final chance to derail Barack Obama’s path…